Community Art Support

Project Details by Fiscal Year
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,619
Fund Source
Arts & Cultural Heritage Fund
Recipient
Buffalo Community Theater
Recipient Type
Non-Profit Business/Entity
Status
Completed
Start Date
September 2013
End Date
August 2014
Activity Type
Grants/Contracts
Counties Affected
Wright
Stearns
Wright
Stearns
Project Overview
Community Art Support
Project Details
Buffalo Community Theater is a 501(c)3 non-profit arts organization located in Buffalo, Minnesota.
Competitive Grant Making Body
Board Members and Qualifications
Chris Rasmussen: Minnesota Citizens for the Arts Board Member, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University Fine Arts Programming Advisory Council Member; Mike Carlson: Art Teacher, Fall Musical Director, Potter; John Stander: active in Minnetonka Center for the Arts; Janice Courtney: Arts Adviser/Assistant Director of the Saint Cloud State University Program Board; Helene Woods: Board Member of the Monticello Arts Council; Leslie Hanlon: Director of Fundraising and Marketing for the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University Fine Arts Series; Doug Lien: Watercolorist, Member of the Central Minnesota Watercolorists, Member of Artists of Minnesota, Community Education Art Class instructor.
Advisory Group Members and Qualifications
Chris Rasmussen: Minnesota Citizens for the Arts Board Member, College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University Fine Arts Programming Advisory Council Member; Mike Carlson: Art Teacher, Fall Musical Director, Potter; John Stander: active in Minnetonka Center for the Arts; Janice Courtney: Arts Adviser/Assistant Director of the Saint Cloud State University Program Board; Helene Woods: Board Member of the Monticello Arts Council; Leslie Hanlon: Director of Fundraising and Marketing for the College of Saint Benedict/Saint John's University Fine Arts Series; Doug Lien: Watercolorist, Member of the Central Minnesota Watercolorists, Member of Artists of Minnesota, Community Education Art Class instructor.
Conflict of Interest Disclosed
No
Legal Citation / Subdivision
Laws of Minnesota 2013, Chapter 137, Article 4, Section 2, Subdivision 3
Appropriation Language

ACHF Arts Access

2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,619
Other Funds Leveraged
$0
Direct expenses
$8,619
Administration costs
$8,619
Number of full time equivalents funded
0.29
Proposed Measurable Outcome(s)

With these grant funds, we will have contracted with, retained and paid for the services of our part time Administrator for another year. We will have recruited and compensated one or two interns to work with our organization. We will have funded an online email campaign to broaden our exposure to the local community, resulting in our database of participants/audience members expanding by at least 15%, our email open rate by 20% and increasing our ticket sales by at least 10%.We will track the compensation of our Administrator financially, and have successfully completed a year-long contract. We will have successful completion of the tasks assigned to our interns in the allotted time period. They will have been compensated and fulfilled their job descriptions, receiving positive evaluations on the specific roles they took on. We will use built in tools from our online email server to track how many emails were received, opened and read at the beginning of our year, and how those numbers changed throughout the year. We will track our ticket sales through our ticket vendor, Arts People, for the next year. They will provide us reports on our production ticket sales and we will compare this to the previous years' ticket sales to calculate overall ticket sales changes. We will track the number of participants by recording how many people audition and participate in our programs for the next year.

Measurable Outcome(s)

With these grant funds, we contracted with, retained and paid for the services of our part time Administrator for another year. We were able to secure the services of a freelance graphic artist who created print materials for our season. We funded an online email campaign to broaden our exposure to the local community, resulting in our database of participants/audience members expanding by approximately 25%, and our email open rate by 22%.

Description of Funds
Recipient Board Members
Michael Walsh, Jon Salmon, Diane Paulu, Janice Luoma, Suzanna Joyce, Erin Walsh, Don Schmidt, Bryce Bishop, Jamie Cassidy, Greg Bestland
Project Manager
First Name
Suzanna
Last Name
Joyce
Organization Name
Buffalo Community Theater
Street Address
PO Box 23
City
Buffalo
State
MN
Zip Code
55313-0023
Phone
(763) 898-8227
Email
zannaj@q.com
Administered By
Administered by
Location

Griggs Midway Building, Suite 304,
540 Fairview Avenue North,
St. Paul, MN 55104

Phone
(651) 539-2650 or toll-free (800) 866-2787
Email the Agency
Location

P.O. Box 458
220 4th Ave North 
Foley, MN 56329

Phone
Project Manager: Leslie LeCuyer
320-968-4290x 3